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| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alphabet Inc. |
| Commercial | yes |
| Launched | Late 2008 |
| Current status | Active (Integrated in Google) |
Wavii was a Seattle startup founded by Adrian Aoun in 2008, and was subsequently acquired by Google, Inc. in April 2013.[1] Wavii developed an iPhone app that allowed users to follow topics (e.g., a company, celebrity, politician, athlete, city, etc.) and receive short updates about them in their feed. This app was based on data produced by Wavii's proprietary technology, which used natural-language-processing and machine-learning approaches to convert content on the web (e.g., news articles and blogs) into structured summaries of the stories they contained.[2]
Wavii's team was primarily former Last.fm, Microsoft, and Amazon engineers.[3]
- ^ Ingrid Lunden (2013-04-26). "Wavii Confirms Google Buy, Shuts Down Its Service To Make Natural Language Products For The Search Giant". TechCrunch.
- ^ Santos, Alexis (2013-04-24). "Google reportedly acquires natural language processing startup Wavii". Engadget.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
- ^ "Join". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2013-08-25.